Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-17
Complete Exposure of Malone.

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In the following letter Hon. ADRIAN
FuLKERsoN completely exposes the ut
ter unscrupulousness of MALONE. The
letter calls for no comment:
BRISTOL, Tenn, August 10, 1887.
To the Editor Of the Dispatch:
Dear Sir,-As Malone claims, among
other things, the credit of securing the
appropriations for the erection OF pub
he buildings at Abingdon and Harri-
sonburg, l think it but just that his
pretensions in this regard should be
exposed.
/ introduced bill in the Forty
seventh Congress providing for the
erection of a public building at every
place in the United States, naming
them and the amounts for each, at
which United States court was held
having no public building. This bill
included Abingdon and Harrisonburg,
and was the first bill ever introduced
in Congress providing for pub
lie building at Abingdon. This bill
was referred to the House Committee
on Public Buildings, and l went be-
fore the committee to urge Its favora-
BILE consideration.
The committee advised me to intro
| duce a separate bill for Abingdon, ON
the ground that the House would not
pass bill nppropropriating at one time
| the amount required by my bill, and
thereupon / introduced bill to au-
thorize the erection of public build
ing at Abingdon, and about the same
time John Paul, now Judge, introduced
n bill for q building at Harrisonburg.
Each of these bills authorized the APP
preparation of $4,000. Before Judge
Paul and myself introduced our bills
Mr.. Tucker had introduced a bill APP
propriating 100000 for a building at
Lynchburg.
The bills for Abingdon and Harrison
burg were reported favorably from the
committee, and placed on the calendar
of the House. Mr. fuckers bill was
reached on the calendar before Peul's
bill and mine, and passed by the House
and sent to the Senate. When 1t reach
ed the Senate Senator Malone antago-
nized the bill, and tried to defeat II by
reducing the amount of 100000 al
lowed by the house to $50, 900, and
lacking to the bill an appropriation OF
5000 each for Harnsonburg and
Abingdon. Mr.. Tucker appeared be-
fore the Senate Committee in opposi-
ton to Mabone's scheme to cut his ap-
propriation down to $50, 900, and sue
ceeded in getting bis bill cut loose from
Mahones Abingdon and Harrisonburg
amendment and reported to the Senate
as it passed the House, and In that
shape it passed the Senate, appropri-
atipg SlOO,OO for Lynchburg. IN spite
of Malones effort to reduce 1t to $50,
900.
lie Senate committee reported Ma
homes amendment appropriating sou,
| GO each for Abingdon and Harrison
urg as a separate bill. This bill passed
the senate and came to the House be-
fore The bills OF Paul and myself were
reached on the calendar. Fearing that
Malone would not allow my bill ap-
piopriating ST., $3.50 for Abingdon tc
pass the Senate, coacluded 1t best to
lake his bill, though | knew that
$4,000 was wholly inadequate to the
ere ction Of n suitable building. judge
laul also accepted his bill. Still the
bill would not have passed the House
but for Democratic votes.
Malone hsd nothing whatever to dc
with originating the bills authoriz;nt
public buildings at abingdon and Har
risonburg, and but for his intermed
: ding each place would have receives
: S75. Go in the first instance instead o
, SJO,OOo. believe Malone would hay
defeated all three of these measures
he could have done SO rather than Sc,
3 Tucker, Paul, and myself get the credl
of originating them and securing thel
passage. His meddlIng with Paul
bill gave Harrisonbnrg q shanty for
courthouse. which was hardly CON
pleted before Congress had to apprc
!. pirate $40, 900 to enlarge 1T.
/ Yours truly, A. FULKERsoN.
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